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The Telephone ON Mt. Sc. Bernard
The monks OF st. Bernard, who devote them
selves ardently to the study Of science as to the
rescue Of wayfartng men. have brought the tele-
phone into their service of mercy. The famous
hospice is now in telephone communication with
the Cantine de PROF. and the village OF St. Pierre,
rs also with the Cantine de FOnt1nte and the
village OF st. Chemy, on the Italian side. A fur
Their extension OF the system Is In progress,
though the execution OF it must needs be sur
rounded with great dihcultieS In that Alpine
region Of snow and ice.
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Cupid in the Sick Room.
HOW YOUNG Mr.. KNAPP LOST AN ARM But WON


BRIDE.
Howard W. Knapp is the favorite son Of the
senior member OF the firm Of Knapp & McCord,
big grain merchants Of New York CITY, and lives in
Brooklyn. Last fall. while hunting in the Adiron-
dacks, Knapp accidentally shot himself in the
arm, and that member had to be amputaued.
During many weary weeks Of an agonizing sick
ness he was nursed by widow named Mrs.
Whyte, trained expert, who was engaged by the
family for that purpose. Her gentle ministrations
won his friendship, and as the young man gained
in strength the attachment warmed into love, and
they became engaged. He informed his parents,
and they strenuOusly objected. They urged that
he was too sick to leave his mothers and that
his intended bride was dozen odd years older than
him. Parental objections only deepened their
affection. On Monday evening last the young
couple determined to cOnsummate their happi-
ness They proceeded to the residence OF Rev. DR..
Fulton and were united in marriage. They then
returned to the residence OF the grooms parents
and were forgiven.
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VTNHOS UUNI11Nlf, AuCt1OnCer.
VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON BRIDGE
(M) STREET.

IND SIKEET.
By virtue of q deed of trust dated October 16, 49,
1874 recorded in Iiber No. 76 folio $685. will 9;s
sell on MONDAY the FOURTH OF APRIL, A. d. iii
ises, part Of original Lot No. =. Georgetown, b. c.,
fronting "a feet on Bridge M street with depth Of
aud BIB Bridge ON street and improved BY three
story and attic brick building with brick stable in
rear and the free forever Of said alley The store
has tine reproof bank vault, the location is in the
business heart OF the town. and the place formerly
the National Bank of Commerce.
Terms Of sale: One third cash residue in two equal
cured by deed Of trust purchaser ut his option may
least one-half upon the property.
Sale positive and the attention of persons desiring
good investment is specially invited. All taxes to
absolutely perfect.
mh22-OGdS FRED W. JONES' Trustee,
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Bernhardt,s Brushes.

1 don't know IL this story has ever been in
print but If so it is good enough to be repeated,
now Sarah Bernhard is marching on Boston One
night, after supper at the house OF an actress,
an American lady, who was present, was invited
to view mademOiseIle's bedroom and its &C.
centric contents Beside the downy couch OF
genius stood the skeleton, which rumor has 50
often given to Bernhard as companion, and the
visitor drew back in terror, SO perfect was its
clared 'hes was alive, and then threw herself with
rapture on the skeletons neck, at the same time
you see he is conscious" exclaimed the actress.
eyes, retorted her visitor she il even blushing
for you!" Sarah'S very vermiuon lips had left two
red spots on the osSeOus cheek
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THE EVENING. STAR
PUBLISHED DAILY. Except Sunday,
AT THE STAR BUILDINGS,
Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 18th ST. by
The Evening Star Newspaper Company,
8 H. KAUFMAN, PreTs

THr EVENING STAR Is served to subscribers in the
city by carriers their account at 10 cents per
week. or 44c. per month Copies at the counter Z
cents each BY mail-postage prepaid-5O cents .
month. one year. SO six months, 80.
Entered al the Post Once at Washington. d. C., as
seCODdclsss mail matter.
fHE WEEKLY STAR-pnblished frlday-Sl
year Postage prepaid SIX months, so cents
81 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance:
d paper sent longer than Is paid for.
hates of aiye Rising made known application
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vTHOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.

HANDSOME AND ARTISTIC PARLoR SUITE,
FLUSH ELEGANT FEENSH HkSTE IN c1 sRhk
WITH WITH BKoNZ e SID SIDE :, PIECES VERY HAND
WINDOW HANG!NGs, MOQGET- AND BRUs
Sells CARPETS. BRUSSELS HALL AND STAIR
CARPETS, INGRAM CARPETS AND RUGS,
ONE SUPERB SOLID MAHOGANY EXTENSION
TABLE. VERY FINE DECORATED DINNER
AND TEA SERVICE, FINE GLASS AND PLATED
WARE, WA w s TEMMESSEE N. 7: SIDE
TATION CHERRY CHAMBER SUITES, SEVERAL
IRON BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, VERY HAND
SOME DECORATED TOILET SETS, SUPERIOR
COUCH. CANTON MATING, REFRIGERATOR,
KITCHEN REQUISITES, &c.
On TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH TWENTY
SECOND, 1887, commencing at TEN O'CLOCK, at
residence No. S14 Connecticut avenue northwest
shall sell the above superior household effects
mh11-dts THOMAS BOWLING, Auct.
sH- IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE STORM THE
above sale Is Postponed until MONDAY, MARCH
TWENTY EIGHTH, hour and place.
mh22-dts THOMAS BOWLING, Auct.
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HE LAUGHS Best Who LAUGHS
LAST"

l. A IT,
Truth sincerity, fairness honesty and infe1ibility
LAUGHS
A. the eontemI tible tricks Of crude and crooked
CoSsPIRAToRs
Who crIldely a crooked plan and conspire to
f.sten II upon the FEOPlE in the shapeof
sHoDDY WARES.
With glare glitter as modest accou,panments to
invite and the unsuspecting aud the unsuspi
clDus
We would say to these mild hammered musical
toIsued iAlevolents OF malicious propense that
AT HOME
Six days out Of every seven, from Am until 2 D. m
tow
THE PEOPLE
And to guard them AGAINST your weird and wicked
schenins. Furthermore, we declare TO you that
We SHALL SUCCEED
IBthxartng your schemes and in dwarins your here
tOfore giant receipts by simple method which has
worked and is working LIKE CHARM-tha. Of selling
FINE gEADY-MADE CLOTHING
AT EXACTLY TEN PER CENT
ABOVE THE ACTUAL COST OF MANUFACTURE.
THE PEOPLE VIII please make q monumental note
Of this
VICTOR E ADLERs
TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE TEN
SCI AND 9as 7TH STREET NORTHWEST
COR MASS AVE
STRICTLY ONE PRICE
Open Saturday until IL p mh21
F0n SALE
LOTS on MERIDIAN HILL
No. 20 At Zoe per foot No. Is and rats q la
> and at &c. ss-.........- &c per foot
West y lot ; 1t 4Oc. per II Block II
No. Ia at -35c. per foot
No 4, 5: Is, At :s5e per IT. ,,..so
and IL At SEE. No. 8, 9 and part of
Al .--..----4Oc- sf...........3Oc. per foot
2at.......42c.
lat....-....45c-
NO. IL. block G. Whitney Three-story Brick HOUSE
Gloss, At 27c. per foot IL rooms, with model1
improvements. lO16
st.n-w.
CLAUDIUs b JEWELL.
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE.
mh16 sKellogg Building.
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BIG <l2ooo,0oo SYNDICATE TO DEVELOP THE IRo
LANDS AND BORE FOR NATURAL GAS

LANDS AND BORE FOR NATURAL GAS.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March o5.-For months
vague rumors have been afioat that a syndicate ot
capitalists was quietly buying up all available
land in and about the city. II now develops that
company has purchased 5000 acres In and
river Immediately opposite CHATTANOOGA embrac.
Ridge, six miles due north OF the city. The com.
pany has contracted for the immediate building
OF broad-gauge railroad from the city 10 the TOP
OF the ridge, which viii penetrate these lands and
viii be the nrSt railroad 10 reach into the table
lands OF the Cumberland Mountains The com.
pany has contracted for the building OF threa
bridges across the Tennessee River at Chattanooga
one OF which is for the extension OF the Mem.
phis and Charleston road from steven.
son (Ala-l 10 Chattanooga Contracts have been
made for the erection OF TWO blast furnaces and
500 coke ovens on the property, and four FUR
naceS are being contracted for. shafts will also
be Immediately sunk 10 bore for natural gas.
W h1ch Is believed TO exist there. Five hundred
thousand dollars Will be Immediately expended on
the property, and sites will be donated TO all new
manufacturing concerns and liberal subscriptions
OF stock taken. The company, it is ascertalned.
includes nifty OF the principal bankers, manufac-
turers, and wholesale merchants OF the city.
twenty OF the leading Mississippi, New orleans.
and Alabama capitalists, and several from the
North. The scheme OF the organization Il very
unique one. IL is stocked at Sl2,o00,ool.
81 500 900 being preferred stock all OF which is 10
realize 100 per cent dividend before the remaining
stock Is marketed. The stock sale is announced
TO take place next week.
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CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE BUSINESS
PROPERTY, THE SAME BEING HOUSE AND
STORE No 712, ON h STREET NORTHWEST
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court of -,
the District Of Columbia, passed in Equity cause :
No. 9615 the undersigned trustee will sell, ut 0:l
public auction, In front Of the promises, THURS
PA pay, the SEVENTH Day OF April, 1887. at HALF
PAST FIVE O'CLOCK p NJ. all Of Lot b, in square
four hundred and twenty seven (427 in the city Of
Washington D. g. said lot being contained within the
same at point on street distant ~ feet east from
the northwest corner Of said square. and running
~ feet and thence north 100 feet to the beginning
Terms Of sale: One-third Of purchase money to be
paid in cash and the residue in equal instanients
enc and two years with interest the notes Of the
chaser to be given for the deferred payments and
secured the property sold by reserved lien deed
Of trust, or all cash at option Of purchaser
The property Will he sold clear OF all taxes and
ments to day Of SALE All conveyancing ut purchasers
cost. WM. T.. LDMONSTON,
Trustee,
Office, 400 9th st. NV.
L. f. WAGGAMAN, Auct. mh23-dGds
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THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.


ANNUAL SPRING SALE or
TURKISH CARPETS AND RUGS AND OTHER
ORIENTAL GOODS,
EMBRACING RARE PIECES, SUCH AS GHEOR-
DIEZ. CARABAGH, DAGHISTAN, ROYAL OU-
CHAK, KORHASSAN, ISPAHAN, TEHERAN,
ROYAL CAMEL'S HAIR, ROYAL AGRA, ROYAL
BOKHARA, ROYAL MECCA, ANATOLIAN,
ROYAL CASHMERE, ROYAL MOSQUE, ROYAL
SUMAK CARPETS AND RUGS, PORTIERES
AND EMBROIDERIEs, THE WHOLE FORMING
THE MOST VALUABLE COLLECTION OF
ORIENT TEXTILES EVER SENT TO THIS
CITY.
ALSO SPLENDID SELECTION OF ANTIQUE
RUGS
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE WITHOUT BE-
SERVE,
AT MY AUCTION ROOMS,
Southwest corner 18th st.. and Pennsylvania ave-,
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MARCH
80 AND 81, AND APRIL 1,
AT11 A. N. AND 3 P. NJ. EACH DAY.
GRAND EXHIBITION
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MARCH % AND 20,
1887. mh23-6t
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s. PRATT SONS
As INSURANCE AND real, ESTATE Agents.
No. 42O 9TH ST. NV

NESS PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEAST COR.
NER OF NINTH AND D STREETS NORTH.
WEST. LATELY OCCIIP1ED BY LINCOLN HALL
BUILDING, BEING ALL OF LOTS NUMBERED
FIVE o., IN SQUARE NUMBERED FOUR HUN
DRED AND SEVEN l401). IN THE CITY OF
This property, by far the most valuable unimproyed
business site IN this city fronting 100 feet on 9th
street west and 100 feet street north will be sold
IS whole and VIII carry the material now laying
thereon.
ON SATURDAY, TwENTY-THIRD APRIL. 1887.
AT FIVE O'CLOCK ?. NJ, we will offer for sale in
'front.' OF the premises the aforementioned property
Terms made known 1T sale.
DUNCANsoN BROS, Auct's,
mhlS-d6d9 9th and d ats. NV.
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Mra Mary Dohaty. the oldest pessnn In Bosom,
ia years agn
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vm0nnA WIZ MURDERER 10 Hauo.-The IN.
pfeme court Of appeals q virginia has rendered \
decision In the Case Of Holmes r. Pufyear COM
widdie county In June, 1855, which eusfains -
judgment OF the lower court ana PuSyear WIN =
hanged on day 70 be hereafter liked
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shoulders at the Thought Of Whisky.
There is in Philadelphia q citizen who used to be
hard drinker, but now shudders at the thought
OF whisky. He thus tells OF his cure: "After
drank so much that became a nuisance to my
wife, she tried the whisky cure. In the home
where she put me they poured whisky over the
meat we ate, the potatoes the fish, the Salads the
peas, butter and tomatoes. There was whisky in
our coffee, our SOUP our milk, our drinking water
and the water we washed in. We went to bed
after eating veal stuffed with whisky, and got I'D
to clean our teeth with whisky and water and
enjoy the day on breakfast soaked in milk and
whisky. l stood 1t for month. Unadulterated
water is good enough for me-
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From the American Musician.
1t is very amusing 70 watch our illustrated
periodicals. and observe the sketches ON musical
subjects. / find, generally speak1lg the violin
held with the right hand the flute held to the left
side, the clarionet with the right hand uppermost.
and SO on through the whole pictorial absurdity,
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An Exciting Scene I'm q Western Court,
From the St Louis Post Dispatch.
Mr.. Charles p. johnson returned this morning
from Mount vernon, Lawrence county, Mo-, where
he secured verdict for client that he regards "a
one OF the greatest OF his triumphs In February.
1886, his client, Michael Horner, was tried con.
victed OF numbering Davis Boswell ana sentenced
TO Imprisonment for ninety nine years ON SAT.
urday, at the end OF the second trial which
had occupied two weeks, he was found guilty
or manslaughter In the fourth tiesyree and
fined S600. Said Governor johnson THIS
morning: 81 never saw such q scene in A courf
room In my hfe as followed the rendition of the
verdict saturday. When it was read HOrncr was
too much agftated TO move for moment: then he
jumped at least three feet high, swung his hands
In the air, and, as he came down 70 the fOor.
yelled with all hts might Then he gave another
leap and another yell and another llen ia the
crowded room answered his yell with Whoops g
loud. HornerS young wife f1irly threw her baby
into the mrs. pAtf0 arms that 00eEod, spnng upon
the Jurors. Rugged every one Of them and kdlBed
three or four. Then she and her husband DranG
upon the judge and shock his hands me puOf.
handles Tho sheriff lOst Al control Of TIE crU1d
and had TO lce them wh0op.
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THOMAs BOWLING. Auctlonecr.
REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AT
TWENTY 1887 co sMAMMfESScciANN AZ MTAfFEEA FEN
O'CLOCK, EMBRACING. AMONGST OTHER
VERY HANDSOME PLUSH WALNUT PAR
Lob SUITE. ELEGANT OLIVE MARBLE
P0kIfEkEs. sHEEP.skIN HATS. So aAN ND Ne
sH ApHE2kGAS Hrr GhoTH aI TOP GARR TABLE
T TNK T hEAss SS2SGES, MISESK TOE SEN
BACK. TOGETHER WITH OTHER CHAM:
BIZ 6Hk AND DlMING-ROOM FURNITURE IN
ma ALSO. AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
III COnEE ADVANCES, TWO NEW PIPE ORGANS,
ONE IMPORTED UPRIGHT PIANOFORTE.
., ALSO, AZ ELEVEN O'CLOCK
S3 CASES BOEELESS GOLDFISH
$500 ALSO, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
HORSES. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS, &c.
&c. ~
ONE KENTUCKY HORSE. SPLENDID SADDLE
OR ROAD ANIMAL. mh24-2t
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Deedsin fee have been filed as follows: ]. B.
Winner to G. s. Cooper, lots o and 10. blk. 10,
Reno; $3.50. c. c. Lancaster to Ellen Spencer,
part 2, SO. 1853; 5000. W. $. Cox ct al, trustees
to H. c. Borden sub lots SO to 1O1 and 116 to 12O,
3d. 672; g, $50. T. w. Smith to B. W. Carpenter,
sub lots 40 to 81, So 944; s2o57.25. H. c. Borden
to A. G. Clark, sub lots 93 TO 1O1 and 116 to 100,
50. 672; -. A. F. Kingsley to Amos Crounse, sub
lot ~, SO. 1872; =. George II. Plant, trustee, to
Caroline r. West, sub lot 9 50. EOS; =. c: H.
Parker to p. G. Saur sub T. so. $40; 81, 500. j. T.
s. Loane to Sarah Watson ct al, part 8, SO. S15;
s. 600. w. Walker to H. Isabella Jet sub lots 15
and 157, so. AS; $1,000. H. Isabella Jet to r.
W. Walker, lots 1, g, 81 and e., Kings sub, Long
Meadows: 80 500
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DUNCANsON BROS, Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF A NEARLY NEW THREE.
STORY BRICK DWELLING, KNOWN AS No..
1413 SEVENTEEN STREET NORTHWEST.
1852 recorded in Liber l33. folio let seq i5
and at the request of the holder the notes
thereby We will sell at public auction in front Of the
1887. 1T FIVE O'CLOCK. the real estate known lot
numbered one hundred and forty DAD in C. ".
hundred and eightyone us1 as the said subdivision
is of record in the surveyors Office of the District
Columbia subject TO PRIOR deed Of trust Of $4,000
dated January IT, 1852 with interest at six cent
Brick Dwelling, No. 1413 18th street northwest
Terms of salei One third cash, balance in six and
twelve months for which the notes of the purchaser
will be taken, bearing interest at the rate of per
cent per annum, payable semi annually and secured by
adeed Of trust the property Sold all cash. the
option of the purchaser All conyeyancing at the
ehaser,s cost deposit of 300 will be required at
time of sale. II terms of sale not complied with in
ten days from day of sale the Trustees the right
to resell at the risk and of defauting purchaser
CHARLES W. HANDY,l r,.o.,
mh21-eo&ds JOHN L. ARMS. Irus'ees'
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SUICIDE OF LIFE INSURANCE AGENT.-H.EMcNeal,
agent for the New YORK Mutual Lie Insurance
Company at Kennedyville, Kent county, Nd, com.
mitted suicide by shooting himself In the head
hotel Wednesday morning. He Yves Is years Old,
and had been living In Kennedyvflle during tne
past two years. HIS father was q Presbyterian
minister. No cause Is assigned for the rash deed.
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TRUsTEE's SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

NV EEkS CO., AuctlOneers,
w 637 Louisiana Ave-, opposite City P. O.
CLOSING SALE OF FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS,
&C, vELVETS, BLACK GRAPE LACES AND
EMBROIDERIES, FINE WOOL GOODS, &c,
&C. BEING BALANCE OF STOCK FROM LAST
AUCTI0N, MlTH0mT RESERVE WITHIN 0UIRH
WEATHER. on MONDAY, MARCH TWENTY.
EIGHTH AT TEN AN. mh25-2t
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THOMAS BOWLING, Aucttonee1

ONE FRENCH LANDAU (COST ORIGINALLY
$4,000. ONE BREWSTER COUPE AT AUCTION.
On SATURDAY. MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH 1887
At w Five O'CLOCK, in front OF my auction rUolns
shall sell to the highest bidder the above Carriages
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The New York excise board has decided that
that city has sufciency or saloons and refuse TO
Issue any ncenSe which WIN increase the o0moet.
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Found His Affianced the Bride Of An.
other.

TusCoLA, H., March pa story with a tinge
OF romance TO IL comes from Humboldt township. a
few miles south OF here. respectable young
farmer was hetrothed TO the handsome daughter
OF one OF his neighbors, after brief courtship.
All preparations were made for the approaching
marriage, the gentleman even going so far as
TO secure residence, fitted up in good style, and
all necessary household articles. When the even-
Ing OF the day set had arrived having procured
his license, he proceeded to the residence of his
aflianced. On his arrival, TO his great astonisl-
ment, he found that his intended bride had just
been married TO another gentleman, an old lover
OF hers who had been out West and whom sho
mad not seen for years Although no correspon-
dence had taken place between them, he, by
chance, came back, conversed with her whom ha
once loved, procured a marriage license, and they
were married forthwith, much 70 the mOrt1dcss
ton and disgust Of her late flame.
She Claims 20 he Mr.. Green,e Widow
UNCLE, IND, March 25.-Lydis Hall, q well.
known resident OF this place, has begun sensa-
uond suit against the estate OF George W. Green
asking that one-third be set OF TO her as Green's
WIDOW. Green was prominent citizen and poll
tlclan or this place, and when he died left an es-
tate valued at $4,000 TO his daughter who Wiz
bitterly contest the claim OF her fathers alleged
widow. Green had been supposed 70 be q v1doweR
for thirty years before his death.
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From the Manchester On H) Union
A rusty iron wedge, with the initials "a. Is
rudely stamped upon it, WAS recently found in an
ancient house near Ola Salem. II has been recog-
nized by former companions OF Abe Lincoln as the
famous wedge which he used In splitting rails In
mat vicinity. The initials were made by Lincoln
himself In the presence OF j. q. spears now resi-
dent OF Talula.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
FOHETELLlNG EARTHQUAKES
FrOf. MCGEE Says There are NO Means
Years.

Prol. W. j. MCGEE, of the Geological Survey, in
nus lecture on "The Charleston Earthquake" at
the Natlonal Museum Wednesday evening, said, in
answer 10 The question: "Can earthquakes be pre-
oicted7' Eyes. Two or three years ago one OF the
most eminent OF living biologists ventured the
pieoictlon tnat Salt Lake City will be wrecked by
an earthquake analogous in cause, character and
eject 10 that of ovens Valley. The earthquake
mas not yet come; this generation may not see it;
centuries may roll by and the City OF Saints be-
COME pur1ned bJ other means before the catastro-
Pne comes; but come it must, sooner or later.
earthquakes will visit again and again the whole
OF our land Prof lockwood, of Princeton. has for
american earthquakes each year. Scarcely q
week goes by without seismic disturbance some
currence OF earthquakes in the future as surely as
we can foretell the rise OF to-morrow's sun.
Nearly al OF these are small, but now and then
0i :p and the earthquake go together, as
GlDerL assumed in his prophecy concerning Salt
Lake City, then the Eastern United states are in
0anSer, iOr displacement is now in progress at
Tate SO astonshingly rapid as to occasion surprise
onat earthquakes are not more frequent, and, in
tne cites OF Petersburg, Richmond, Freder1cks-
burg, washington, Baltimore, Port Deposit, VIII
located on te yerV ne Of
the smtle can be borrowed without sacrilege unto
the geoiog1st thousand years are as day. The
nclai structures will indeed be overturned by the
earthquake II 1t does not sooner yield to the
LOOM OF time. The lofty tenements OF New
YORK Will be crumbled, and the hearts OF the ma
ton will bleed for her children, unless the social
revolution, whose mutter1ngs are even now heard
IN tne land the cyclone or the rising Of the sea,
confagratiOn have sooner done their work Even
the inirequent lightning will have slain its thou
SANDS before the dread catastrophe comes. "But
WORD must be said OF the belated astrOlOger, Of
tne man born three centuries too late; OF the crank
VINO predicts war, pestilence, flood, famine, earth
quake, ana points to the comet or conjunction Of
al nj
| reliable means OF predicting within hundreds Of
years. nay, thousands and tens OF thousands OF
years, when the great earthquake will occur; and
II any one seeks TO make more definite predictions
by means OF the signs in the heavens he Is char
!atan the truth Is not in him. and his words are as
idle as the passing breeze" Prof. MCGEE held that
no house should be erected, even in washington or
In any other eastern city, without considering the
earthquake and fire as common sources OF danger.